This short newsreel, produced for the home market, shows the first offensive action of the Pacific War by the U.S. Navy: a raid on Makin Island in the Marshalls conducted by the USS Yorktown battle group under command of Admiral William Halsey. The film claims to show Japanese cruisers and even an aircraft carrier sunk by American forces, but in reality there were no such enemy losses.


This movie is part of the collection: PeriscopeFilm

Producer: Castle Films
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Language: English
Keywords: Newsreel.

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